This week we looked at the definition to populism and how people through different sorts of technology projected their power. Populism is defined according to the definition given to us by our professor, the nation of the “people,” which was used to define the political events that was going on with Latin America during the time of the Great Depression. This chapter focuses on people such as Lazaro Céndanos, Gétulio Vangas, and Juan Péron and how they came to a sense of power using technology.

When we look at our use of technology today, we have a tendency to underestimate how much people have obtained a sense of power by devices. We are given the freedom of speech when we post something on the internet, we are given the ability to look up any information we want to just by typing it on the search bar at the top corner of your computer screen. Technology has given us so much power, we don’t recognize it. This chapter displays that while talking about how people have come into power using the technology developed like the radio to deliver their words to a wide set public. It caused a huge impact politically on the people.

My question is
With the power of technology giving people the freedom of speech, were there any severe consequences and if so what were they?

Could there have been another way besides the usage of technology to provide people with a sense of power?